"Lament! Terror! Despair! I shall kindly teach them all to you! And in your final moment, I... shall kill you by my own hand!!"
pandora hearts print for anime north this weekend 🥀🖤🤍
I also put this up on my inprnt! there's a sitewide sale for 40% off right now 🌟
For this drawing, I really wanted to emphasize the gothic and chaotic, convoluted nature of the series. Pandora Hearts has become a lot of things to me, as someone who's read it since I was like, 14 years old. but I eventually found the perfect words to sum up the series - a cross between a Shakespearean tragedy and a Grimm fairy tale.
The ink brush + watercolour brushes I used turned out so well together!! I wanted the style to be kind of a nod to like the manga cover art you'd see from the late 90s to 2000s, kind of like Mochizuki's early approach to traditional art.
A lighter approach to both the lineart + coloring also helped me not strain my arm too much - besides work, I stopped doing full illustrations due to the amount of work being heavy on my arm/shoulder T__T. my last full illustrations were the TGAA/DGS zine + WHA zine pieces back in Dec-Jan, but my heart really lies in illustrations more than anything and I definitely want to get back into it!! (as long as my physical health allows it!!)
anyways, above is the thumbnail/inspiration board for this drawing! I also did some quick chickenscratch studies of others' drawings to help me get a sense of their composition. I started on the top left and then made a sort of meandering curve through... definitely went through a lot of ideas for this one. If I explained the intended symbolism.. I would be here.. all day..............
the candles were definitely first inspired by an animation of a lighter I did during art skool... and then I did this AA Dahlia animated illust... and then this OC charm (below) I did in 2022...? maybe I should draw fire more often. it's like, the way that fire looks in animated keyframes that I really like drawing out, and I guess I kinda really enjoyed translating that into a non moving visual medium??
This drawing simultaneously took SO long but I also sped through it?? I had to like... not dwell too long on certain parts... like for example I think some individual character compositions really could be a lot stronger... because I knew this would be a beast of a drawing, I didn't want to spend an unnecessary amount of time focusing on details when I should be looking at the big picture. and I know that's a bad habit of mine!! I'm trying to unlearn my perfectionism!!
thanks for reading if you got this far, hope ya enjoy it!! and I hope I'll keep drawing Pandora Hearts in the future (clearly I haven't stopped since high school omg) and I hope to draw some more Vanitas someday beyond just chibis!
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These sims are characters from my story "Paradise Prison". I like gothic story with religious theme plus with vampires, so I made it for my own satisfaction :) my fantasy life wouldn't be complete without these cc makers, so big thanks ^^
poster 1 : dress 1 & 2 by @eunosims ; hair 2 by @jino-sims ; stocking 1 by Cheryl (sgly) ; stocking 2 by @arltos
poster 2 : hair 1 & 2 @jujujam-juice
poster 3 : veil by @yaya-maya-sims ; dress @vintagesimstress ; necklace by @ Cheryl (sgly) ; glasses @kaguya-fox
poster 4 : hair by @zaozzaa ; veil @yaya-maya-sims ; dress @kaguya-fox
poster 5 : dress by @lin-dian ; blouse by @yaya-maya-sims ; necklace @yuyulie
poster 6 : suit by @lin-dian ; hair by @ Kotehok + @jino-sims
poster 7 : military uniform by @simnasimsworld ; suit + vest @lin-dian
poster 8 : suit by @natalia-auditore ; hair by @wingssims
thanks to @miwksowp for helping me with my english for Adam's character profile :D (poster 5)
-> character names ->
Adam & Annabeth
Glenn & Adam
Sharon
Loretta
Adam
Xion
Adam, Gabriel, Morgan, Glenn
Gabriel
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mini Character Profiles (at the moment~)
Year : mid 1800s
Adam
Born name : -
Given name : Adam, Adam Noir Sangriento
Nickname : Adam, Noir, the Messiah
Age : 13 years old (beginning of the story) - 16 years old (ending)
Species : dhampire-methuselah
Affiliation : Catholic church, the Vatican, Sanctus Dei testis Annuntiatio Evangelii, Sadisgate "Schwazer Anfang", Isten kegyelmének bizonyítéka, The House of Vogt
Status : alive
Annabeth Vogt
Nickname : Anna, Annabeth
Age : 14 (beginning of the story) - 16 (death day)
Species : human
Affiliation : The House of Vogt
Status : deceased
Gabriel Tenebress
Nickname : Gabriel, Gaby, Brother Gabriel, Angelo
Age : 30 years old (beginning of the story) - 33 (ending)
Species : human
Affiliation : Catholic church, the Vatican, Tenebrae Exterminatio Sancti Exercitus, Isten kegyelmének bizonyítéka, Orientem Canis
Status : alive
Morgan Tenebress
Nickname : Morgan, Mauros, Father Morgan
Age : 29 years old (beginning of the story) - 33 years old (ending)
Species : human
Affiliation : Catholic church, the Vatican, Sanctus Dei testis Annuntiatio Evangelii, Isten kegyelmének bizonyítéka
Status : alive
Glenn Tenebress
Nickname : Glenn
Age : 18 years old (beginning of the story) - 21 years old (ending)
Species : human
Affiliation : Catholic church, the Vatican, Sanctus Dei testis Annuntiatio Evangelii, Isten kegyelmének bizonyítéka
Status : alive
Zion (styled as "Xion")
Born name : Adam
Alias : Adam Zion Sangriento
Nickname : Adam, Zion, Marquis of the Hungary, Duke of Transleithania, the Messiah
Age : 1500+ years old (beginning of the story & death day)
Species : vampire (methuselah)
Affiliation : Sadisgate "Schwazer Anfang", Madam Zoftig's House of Exotica, Fekete Vér Hadsereg
Status : deceased
Sharon Valadez
Nickname : M'Lady Sharon, Sister Sharon, St. Sharon
Age : 35 years old (beginning of the story) - 38 years old (ending)
Species : human
Affiliation : Catholic church, the Vatican, Sanctus Dei testis Annuntiatio Evangelii, Isten kegyelmének bizonyítéka
Status : alive
Loretta Bernadi
Nickname : Loretta, Sister Loretta
Age : 26 years old (beginning of the story) - 29 years old (ending)
Species : human
Affiliation : Catholic church, the Vatican, Sanctus Dei testis Annuntiatio Evangelii, Isten kegyelmének bizonyítéka
Status : alive
the description profiles might change since I'm still thinking about it but these are some core or major profiles~~
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